On behalf of the people and the Government of Turkmenistan, as well as on his own behalf, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov expressed congratulations to Mr. Isaak Herzog on the occasion of his inauguration as President of the State of Israel. “We highly appreciate the friendly relations between our countries and are firmly convinced that this interaction will continue to develop and strengthen in the interests of our peoples,” the President of Turkmenistan emphasized in his message. Taki...

Today, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov has conducted an enlarged session of the Cabinet of Ministers. Among those in attendance were Milli Gengesh representatives, heads of ministries and agencies, rectors of higher education institutions, media executives, khyakims of the regions and Ashgabat. The session summed up the running year’s six month (January-June) state-of-the-economy outcomes, heard relevant reports, assessed the performance level, discussed the realization of the presidentia...

The President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov received a letter from the President of the Kyrgyz Republic Sadyr Zhaparov. The letter expresses gratitude to the Turkmen side Turkmen side for organizing at a high level the recent official visit of the Head of Kyrgyzstan to Ashgabat. The message notes: ‘’All the events held in the framework of the visit, especially bilateral meetings were held in the constructive and trustworthy atmosphere, thus becoming one of the historical stages...

On July 8, 2021, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Turkmenistan to the United Arab Emirates Serdarmammet Garadjaev presented his credentials to the Prime Minister of the State of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Khalid Al-Hamad Al-Sabah as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Turkmenistan to the State of Kuwait (with residence in Abu-Dhabi).  The ceremony was held in the Palace of the Emir of the State of Kuwait. During the ceremony, the Ambassador of Turkmenistan conveyed to...

Olga Fominichna Mizgireva was one of those who stood at the origins of the birth of the Turkmen national fine arts. She was born in 1908 in Tashkent, later her family moved to Turkmenistan. From her youth, carried away by painting, Olga strove to get an art education. For her luck, in 1920, on the initiative of the artists Ruvim Mazel, Mikhail Libakov and Alexander Vladychuk, an art studio was organized in Ashgabat, later called the "Shock School of the Arts of the East" (USHIV). It was the g...

Educating children and young people, raising awareness is important for preventing crime, corruption and fostering a culture of law-abidingness. In this regard, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) together with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) presented the Education for Justice Initiative for Turkmen specialists. The online meeting was attended by representatives of the Ministry of Education of Turkmenistan, the teaching staff of the Institut...

Mentions of the mandrake are found in Egyptian manuscripts 4000 years ago. Among the ancient healers of the East, it was in the first place in the list of medicinal plants, and now the famous ginseng only in third. About mandrake, which "looks like cherry plum, the flesh is reddish like that of a plum, and the fruit tastes like a tomato", botanists say that this amazing plant was considered sacred in ancient times. And not everyone was trusted to dig it up. Usually, large mandrake leaves l...